Famous Deaths In December - 31

0192  Death of Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 on this day in history.  

0335  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on December - 31.  

0406  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on December - 31.  

0439  Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56 on December - 31.  

1164  On this day in history death of margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)  

1194  On December - 31 death of duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157)  

1297  On December - 31 death of humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249)  

1302  Death of Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238) on this day in history.  

1382  Daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan on this day in history.  

1384  John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies on December - 31.  

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1424  On December - 31 death of thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader  

1460  On December - 31 death of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (b. 1443)  

1510  Death of Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1472) on December - 31.  

1535  On December - 31 death of william Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465)  

1568  Death of Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1493) on December - 31.  

1575  On December - 31 death of pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (b. 1502)  

1583  On this day in history thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies  

1610  On December - 31 death of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (b. 1540)  

1616  On this day in history jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31  

1647  Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies on December - 31.  

1650  Death of Dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612) on this day in history.  

1652  Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies on this day in history.  

1673  Death of Oliver St John, English statesman and judge on this day in history.  

1679  On this day in history death of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608)  

1691  Death of Dudley North, English economist (b. 1641) on December - 31.  

1719  On this day in history john Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73  

1733  Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet (Akkerleven), dies at 44 on December - 31.  

1742  On this day in history death of karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661)  

1775  Richard Montgomery, General, dies fighting British on December - 31.  

1799  On December - 31 death of jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (b. 1723)  

1802  Francis Lewis, Welsh/US merchant/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 89 on this day in history.  

1809  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1818  On this day in history jean-Pierre Duport, composer, dies at 77  

1848  On December - 31 oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69  

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0695  On this day in history birth of muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)  

1378  On this day in history birth of callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)  

1378  On this day in history birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)  

1491  On December - 31 birth of jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)  

1514  On December - 31 birth of andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)  

1540  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) was born on December - 31.  

1572  On December - 31 birth of emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)  

1668  Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist was born on December - 31.